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• Anna Catharina Annetta Crijns, Maastricht, Nederland
• Aaltje ten Hoeve, Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen
• Anna Helena Tapken († 1967)
• Adriana WILLEMS, Bergeijk, 3314, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1911)
• Alberdina van Bruggen, Kampen, Overijssel, NL († 1911)
• Adrianus Joannes Cools, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 1912)
• Albertus Steenbergen, Anholt (Ruinen)
• Anna Maria Grooteman, Wervershoof († 1985)
• Adrianus J. Cools, Tilburg,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1912)
• Adrianus Cornelius van der Linden, Hedikhuizen

• Bernard McCrystal (28), County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
• Cornelis Jacobus Hammer (0), Ransdorp
• Dina Arnoldia Voogt (42), Klundert, Nederland
• Antje Lodewijks Mulder (67), Midwolda gemeente Oldambt Groningen
• Antoinette Deruytere (0), Gullegem, België
• Alexander Snijders (72), Werkhoven, Gemeente Bunnik, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aart Hendriks (78), Nymegen
• Abel Klippel (80), Stavenisse
• Aleida Christina Grietje Visser (0), Kostverloren, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland (Netherlands)
• Adriana Maria Kaffijn (74), Leiden

• 1907 » Richard Sharpe Shaver, American author and illustrator († 1975)
• 1908 » Ezekias Papaioannou, Greek-Cypriot politician († 1988)
• 1910 » Gus Hall, American soldier and politician († 2000)
• 1910 » Helmut Kallmeyer, German chemist and soldier († 2006)
• 1910 » Kirk Alyn, American actor († 1999)
• 1910 » Paulette Dubost, French actress († 2011)
• 1910 » Ray Lewis, Canadian runner († 2003)
• 1913 » Marios Makrionitis, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens († 1959)
• 1913 » Robert R. Gilruth, American pilot and engineer († 2000)
• 1917 » Billy Conn, American boxer († 1993)

• 1879 » Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian admiral (b. 1834)
• 1886 » Austin F. Pike, American lawyer and politician (b. 1819)
• 1897 » Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic (b. 1830)
• 1928 » Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1931 » John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)
• 1936 » Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1936 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
• 1936 » William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1869)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Arie
15. Dirk
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Grietje
14. Aaltje
15. Helena
16. Neeltje

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
• April 6 » During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).
• July 7 » The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.
• August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
• October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
• November 11 » Many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through.
• December 27 » "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.

The temperature on October 8, 1911 was between 7.9 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.